James & Snape: Related?

mantoinettewood griffinclaw at comcast.net
Mon Aug 16 16:46:51 UTC 2004


No: HPFGUIDX 110230

Matt wrote <<"I think there are at least a few more.  The most 
obvious is Fleur,
> although maybe you didn't consider her an adult.  Catlady (in 
#110094)
> has pointed out Madame Pomfrey has a flower name (Poppy).  
Andromeda
> is also a flower, although also a constellation (and a mythic 
princess).  
> 
> What with Lavender and Pansy and Moaning Myrtle, not to mention 
Lupin,
> perhaps it could be said that Rowling simply likes flower names.">>


Perhaps, Matt. But, actually, we get the term "narcissistic" from 
the ancient Greek mythology of the man who saw his reflection in the 
lake and became obsessed with it. And then alas, he drowned from his 
ardent fascination with his face. I believe there was a flower by 
the lake that was further called "narcissia" or "narcissa"?

Morgana Wood  











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